Ignatius of Loyola
Formula of the Institute
Written work
Formula of the Institute
Prima Societatis Iesu Instituti Summa (Formula Instituti)
Five chapters defining the new order's identity: serving 'under the banner of the cross' and under the Roman pontiff, the fourth vow of obedience to the pope regarding missions, poverty, the absence of choir and of a distinctive habit, and the primacy of ministries of the word, the Exercises and works of charity. It is the founding charter of the Society.
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Authorship note
Drafted by Ignatius in 1539 from the deliberations of the first companions, with common revision; incorporated with changes into the bull Regimini militantis Ecclesiae (1540) and, in a revised form, into Julius III's Exposcit debitum (1550).
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English
Ignatius of Loyola
The Constitutions of the Society of Jesus
The Conscious LibraryThe Constitutions of the Society of Jesus
Institute of Jesuit Sources, 1970
Translation: George E. Ganss
Incluye las Fórmulas de 1540 y 1550.
Other works by Ignatius of Loyola
- Spiritual Exercises · 1548
- Autobiography (A Pilgrim's Testament) · 1555
- Constitutions of the Society of Jesus · 1556
- Spiritual Diary · 1544
- Letters and Instructions · 1556
- Letter to Teresa Rejadell · 1536
- Letter on Perfection (to the students at Coimbra) · 1547
- Letter on Obedience · 1553
- Deliberation of the First Fathers · 1539
- Deliberation on Poverty · 1544
- Autograph Directory and dictated directories · 1555
- Instruction for those going to Trent · 1546
- Rules of the Society (common rules and rules of modesty) · 1555
- 'Anima Christi' (misattribution) · 1350
- Ignatian Sparks (Scintillae Ignatianae) · 1705
Sources
- Pollen, John Hungerford. «St. Ignatius Loyola». The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton, 1910 (texto en Wikisource).
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